What’s the role of the G7 in a G-Zero world? (opens in new tab)

When the forum was created in 1975, amid the collapse of the Bretton Woods monetary system and oil shocks of the 1970s, it brought together the world’s industrial democracies to manage global crises. Over the following decades, it helped coordinate responses to challenges like the end of the Cold War, terrorism, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine.But the international community looks very different today. In 2026, the G7 finds itself operating in a “G-Zero” world – ...